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Duccio, Maestà, 1308-11, front panel
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GIOTTO di Bondone, Madonna 

Enthroned, ca. 1310. 

Tempera and gold leaf on wood, 10’

8” x 6’ 8”. Galleria degli Uffizi, 

Florence

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Giotto, Arena Chapel, 1305-06

 
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Giotto, Betrayal of Jesus, Arena Chapel (Cappella 

Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305. 

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GIOTTO, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, ca. 1305.
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Effects of Good Government in the Country
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SIMONE MARTINI AND LIPPO MEMMI(?), Annunciation, altarpiece, from Siena 

Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1333

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Arnolfo de Cambio and others, Florence Cathedral
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Filippo Brunelleschi

Sacrifice of Isaac

1400

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Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of 

Isaac,

1400

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Donatello, David, late 1440–1460
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Masaccio, Holy Trinity with the Virgin, 

Saint John, and Two Donors, ca. 1428

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, Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-16: February & October
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Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Altarpiece, ca. 1425-28
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Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, ca. 1482
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Leonardo da Vinci, cartoon for 

Madonna and Child with Saint Anne 

and the Infant Saint John, ca. 1505–

1507

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Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, ca. 1485–1490
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Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the 

Rocks, from San Francesco Grande, 

Milan, Italy, begun 1483

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Raphael, Madonna in the Meadow, 1505.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa

ca. 1503–1505

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LEONARDO DA VINCI, Last Supper, ca. 1495–1498
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Raphael, Philosophy (School of Athens), Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy, 

1509–1511.

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Michelangelo, Pieta, 

ca. 1498-1500

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Michelangelo, David

1500

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, interior and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, 

Vatican City, Rome, Italy, 1508-1512.

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Michelangelo, Creation of Adam detail of the ceiling (FIG. 22-17) of the 

Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy, 1511–1512

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Michelangelo, Libyan Sibyl (l) & Cumaean Sibyl (r),  

Sistine Chapel, 1508-1512

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Michelangelo 

Last Judgment, altar wall of 

the Sistine Chapel (FIG. 22-

18), Vatican City, Rome, 

Italy, 1536–1541.

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Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda (formerly Villa Capra), near Vicenza, Italy, ca. 1566–

1570

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Giorgione da Castelfranco, (and/or Titian?), Pastoral Symphony, ca. 1508–1510.
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Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538
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Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open), Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432.
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Jan Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (closed), 

Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, 

completed 1432

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Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and his 

Bride, 1434

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Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, ca. 1435
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MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD, Isenheim Altarpiece (closed)

1510

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Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 

1500

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Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry VIII, 1540
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HANS HOLBEIN 

THE YOUNGER, 

The French 

Ambassadors, 1533

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HIERONYMUS BOSCH, Garden of Earthly Delights, 1505-1510
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ALBRECHT DÜRER, The 

Fall of Man (Adam and Eve),

1504

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Pieter Breughel the Elder, Netherlandish Proverbs, 1559
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow, 1565
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El Greco, The Burial of 

Count Orgaz, 1586

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FRANCESCO BORROMINI, 

plan of San Carlo alle Quattro

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FRANCESCO 

BORROMINI, San Carlo 

alle Quattro Fontane

(view into dome), Rome, 

Italy, 1638-1641.

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GIANLORENZO BERNINI, 

David 1623

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Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of 
Saint Teresa, Cornaro Chapel, 
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, 
Italy, 1645–1652
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CARAVAGGIO, Musicians, ca. 1595
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CARAVAGGIO, Conversion of 

Saint Paul, ca. 1601

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DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

King Philip IV of Spain (Fraga 

Philip), 1644

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DIEGO 

VELÁZQUEZ, Las 

Meninas (The Maids of 

Honor), 1656

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Gerrit von Honthorst, Supper Party, 1620
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Peter Paul Rubens, 
Arrival of Marie de’ 
Medici at Marseilles, 
1622–1625.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Consequences of War, 1638–1639
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Nicolas Poussin, Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640
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Nicolas Poussin, Et in Arcadia Ego, ca. 1655
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Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun, Galerie des Glaces (Hall of 

Mirrors), palace of Louis XIV, Versailles, France, ca. 1680

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Hyacinthe Rigaud

Louis XIV, 1701. 

Oil on canvas,

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Antoine Watteau, Return from Cythera, 1717
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 

The Swing, 1766

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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Company of Banning Cocq (Night Watch), 1642.
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Rembrandt van Rijn 

Self-Portrait, ca. 1659–

1660

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Rembrandt van Rijn, The Jewish Bride, 1665
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FRANS HALS, Archers of Saint Hadrian, ca. 1633
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Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen, ca. 1670.
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Jan Vermeer

The Milkmaid, 

1657-58

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Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe, 1771
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William Blake: Newton, monotype, 1795; from the series ‘Large Colour 

Prints’, 1795

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WILLIAM BLAKE, Ancient 

of Days, frontispiece of 

Europe: A Prophecy, 1794.

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FRANCISCO GOYA, 

The Sleep of Reason Produces 

Monsters, from Los 

Caprichos, ca. 1798

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FRANCISCO GOYA, Third of May, 1808, 1814
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FRANCISCO GOYA, Saturn Devouring One 

of His Children, 1819–1823

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THÉODORE GÉRICAULT, Raft of the Medusa, 1818–1819
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EUGÈNE DELACROIX, Liberty Leading the People, 1830
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CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH, Abbey in the Oak Forest, 1810
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J.M.W. Turner, Rain, Steam, and Speed, ca. 1844
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THOMAS COLE, The Oxbow (View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after 

a Thunderstorm), 1836

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Frederick Church, Niagara, 1857
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Joseph Wright of Derby, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump, 1768
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Jean-Siméon Chardin

Saying Grace, 1740

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Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784.
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Jacques-Louis David 

The Death of Marat, 

1793. Oil on canvas

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Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, 

United States, 1770–1806.

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Robert Adam, Etruscan Room, Osterley Park House,
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Henry Flitcroft and Henry Hoare, the park at Stourhead, England, 1743–1765
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Jacques-Louis David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805–1808. Oil on canvas
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Jacques-Louis David, 

Napoleon Crossing the 

Saint-Bernard Pass, 1800–

1801

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Antonio Canova, Cupid and Psyche, 1787–1793
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JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES, Grande Odalisque, 1814
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Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers, 1849
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Gustave Courbet, Burial at Ornans, 1849. 

Oil on canvas

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Honoré Daumier, Rue Transnonain, 1834
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Honoré Daumier, Third-Class Carriage, ca. 1862
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Edgar Degas, L’Absinthe, 1876

Oil on canvas

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Édouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l’Herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863
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Édouard Manet, Olympia, 1863. Oil on canvas
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WINSLOW HOMER, Veteran in a New Field, 1865
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Claude Monet, Impression: Sunrise, 1872. Oil on canvas
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Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral (early morning, noon, in fog), 1892-94
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CLAUDE MONET, Saint-Lazare Train Station, 1877. Oil on canvas,
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Camille Pissarro, La Place du Théâtre Français, 1898. 

Oil on canvas

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EDGAR DEGAS, Ballet Rehearsal, 1874
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JAMES ABBOTT 

MCNEILL WHISTLER, 

Nocturne in Black and 

Gold (The Falling Rocket), 

ca. 1875.

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Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886
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Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902–1904. Oil on canvas,
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Paul Cézanne, Basket of Apples, ca. 1895. Oil on canvas
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Vincent Van Gogh, Bedroom at Arles, 1889
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Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889. Oil on canvas
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Paul Gauguin, Vision after the Sermon or Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1888. Oil on 

canvas

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Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

1897. Oil on canvas,

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EDVARD MUNCH, The 

Scream, 1893. Tempura and 

pastels on cardboard

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HENRI MATISSE, Le Bonheur de Vivre (The Joy of Life), 1905–1906. Oil on canvas,
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Henri Matisse, Red Room (Harmony in Red), 1908–1909. 

Oil on canvas

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Street, Dresden, 1908 (dated 1907). 

Oil on canvas,

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Emil Nolde, Masks, 1911. 

Oil on canvas 

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Vassily Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (second version), 1912. 

Oil on canvas

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Pablo Picasso 

Les Demoiselles 

d’Avignon, 1907. 

Oil on canvas

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Pablo Picasso, Houses on the Hill, Horta de Ebro, 

summer 1909 

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Georges Braque 

The Portuguese, 1911. 

Oil on canvas

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Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Chair-Caning, 1912. 

Oil and oilcloth on canvas

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Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921. Oil on canvas
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PABLO PICASSO, Guernica, 1937. Oil on canvas
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Fernand Léger, Three Women (Le Grand Déjeuner), 1921. Oil on canvas
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Giacomo Balla, Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, 1912. Oil on canvas
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Umberto Boccioni, 

Unique Forms of 

Continuity in Space, 1913 

(cast 1931). Bronze,

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JEAN (HANS) ARP, 

Collage Arranged According 

to the Laws of Chance, 1916–

1917. 

Torn and pasted paper

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MARCEL DUCHAMP, Nude 

Descending a Staircase, No. 2, 

1912. Oil on canvas

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Marcel Duchamp, 

The Bride Stripped Bare by Her 

Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 

1915-23. Oil, lead, wire, foil, 

dust, and varnish on glass

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Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, (second version), 1950  (original 

version produced 1917).  Readymade glazed sanitary china 

with black paint

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Hannah Höch, Cut with the 

Kitchen Knife Dada through the 

Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural 

Epoch of Germany, 1919–1920. 

Photomontage

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Kurt  Schwitters, 

Merz 19, 1920. Paper 

collage

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Otto Dix, Der Krieg (The War), 1929–1932. Oil and tempera on wood
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Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931. Oil on canvas
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RENÉ MAGRITTE, The Treachery (or Perfidy) of Images, 1928–1929. Oil on canvas
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Joan Miró, Painting, 1933
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Meret Oppenheim, Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), 1936 
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ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, Man 

Pointing, (no. 5 of 6), 1947

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Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist), 1950. 

Oil, enamel, and aluminum paint on canvas

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Willem de Kooning

Woman I

1950-52

Oil on canvas

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Barnett Newman. Vir Heroicus Sublimis. 1950-51 

Oil on canvas

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Mark Rothko 

No. 3/No. 13

(Magenta, Black, Green on 

Orange) 

1949 

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Richard Hamilton. Just what is it that makes today's home so different so appealing? 1956. Collage
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Jasper Johns. Flag. 1954-55 

Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood

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Robert Rauschenberg, 

Canyon, 1959

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Claus Oldenburg. Giant Hamburger. 1962.
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Andy Warhol, 

Green Coca-Cola Bottles, 1962. 

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Andy Warhol, Marilyn Diptych, 1962
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Roy 

Lichtenstein, 

Hopeless, 1963

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Frank Stella

Zambezi, 1959

Oil on Canvas

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Tony Smith 

Die. 1962

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Donald Judd. Untitled. 1966
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Robert Morris, one-person exhibition, 1964
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Dan Flavin. diagonal 

of May 25, 1963 (to 

Constantin Brancusi) . 

1963. yellow 

fluorescent light. 

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abstract experssionism
Definition
The first major american avant-garde movemnet, emerged in NYC in the 1940s. The artists produced abstract paintings that expressed their state of mind and that they hoped would strike emotional chords in viewers, 2 lines gestural and chromatic
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action painting
Definition
Also called tachism. a style of American abstract expressionist painting typified especially in the works of Jackson Pollack and Willem de Kooning in the 1940s, in which the furiously energetic and free application of the paint is seen as being expressive of the psychological and emotional state of the artist at the moment of creation.
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altarpiece
Definition
a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos.
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analytic Cubism
Definition
was developed only by Picasso and Braque during the winter of 1909-10. It lasted until the middle of 1912, when collage introduced simplified versions of the "analytic" forms.
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atmospheric perspective
Definition
a technique of rendering depth or distance in painting by modifying the tone or hue and distinctness of objects perceived as receding from the picture plane, especially by reducing distinctive local colors and contrasts of light and dark to a uniform light bluish-gray color.
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anamorphosis
Definition
a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
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apse
Definition
a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church. See diag. under basilica.
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arcade
Definition
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
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assemblage
Definition
a sculptural technique of organizing or composing into a unified whole a group of unrelated and often fragmentary or discarded objects.
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avant-garde
Definition
the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
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Baroque
Definition
of or pertaining to a style of architecture and art originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half, characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, by forms in elevation and plan suggesting movement, and by dramatic effect in which architecture, painting, sculpture, and the decorative arts often worked to combined effect.
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basilica
Definition
an early Christian or medieval church of the type built especially in Italy, characterized by a plan including a nave, two or four side aisles, a semicircular apse, a narthex, and often other features, as a short transept, a number of small semicircular apses terminating the aisles, or an atrium. The interior is characterized by strong horizontality, with little or no attempt at rhythmic accents. All spaces are usually covered with timber roofs or ceilings except for the apse or apses, which are vaulted.
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Bauhaus
Definition
a school of design established in Weimar in 1919 by Walter Gropius, moved to Dessau in 1926, and closed in 1933 as a result of Nazi hostility.
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benday dots
Definition
Involves the modulation of colors throught the placement and size of coloured dots
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biomorphic
Definition
A nonrepresentational form or pattern that resembles a living organism in shape or appearance
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capital
Definition
Uppermost portion of a column
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cartoon
Definition
a full-scale design for a picture, ornamental motif or pattern, or the like, to be transferred to a fresco, tapestry, etc.
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chiaroscuro
Definition
the distribution of light and shade in a picture.
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clerestory
Definition
a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior.
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collage
Definition
a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.
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colonnade
Definition
a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
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color-field
Definition
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of abstract painting in which large, flat areas of color are spread to cover the entire canvas and dominate over form and texture.
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colossal order
Definition
design in which coloumns are two or more stories tall
Term
column
Definition
a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces.
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combines
Definition
name that robert raushenberg gave to his assemblages of painted passages and sculptural elements
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complementary color
Definition
the relationship of these pairs of colors perceived as completing or enhancing each other.
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composition
Definition
the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole.
Term
Conceptual Art
Definition
art in which emphasis is placed on the means and processes of producing art objects rather than on the objects themselves and in which the various tools and techniques, as photographs, photocopies, video records, and the construction of environments and earthworks, are used to convey the message to the spectator.
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Constructivism
Definition
a nonrepresentational style of art developed by a group of Russian artists principally in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by a severely formal organization of mass, volume, and space, and by the employment of modern industrial materials. Compare suprematism.
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contrapposto
Definition
a representation of the human body in which the forms are organized on a varying or curving axis to provide an asymmetrical balance to the figure.
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cross-hatching
Definition
to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
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Cubism
Definition
a style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and the organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
Term
Dada
Definition
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
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daguerreotype
Definition
an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
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De Stijl
Definition
a school of art that was founded in the Netherlands in 1917, embraced painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, and the decorative arts, and was marked especially by the use of black and white with the primary colors, rectangular forms, and asymmetry.
Term
Der Blaue Reiter
Definition
a group of German expressionist painters formed in Munich in 1911, including Kandinsky and Klee, who sought to express the spiritual side of man and nature, which they felt had been neglected by impressionism
Term
Die Brücke
Definition
was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905, after which the Brücke Museum in Berlin was named. Founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later members were Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller. The group was one of the seminal ones, which in due course had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the 20th century and created the style of Expressionism.[1]
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diptych
Definition
a pair of pictures or carvings on two panels, usually hinged together.
Term
disegno
Definition
drawing or design: a term used during the 16th and 17th centuries to designate the formal discipline required for the representation of the ideal form of an object in the visual arts, especially as expressed in the linear structure of a work of art.
Term
dome
Definition
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
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donor portrait
Definition
painting that includs the patrons of the artist in to it
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Doric
Definition
Of the three columns found in Greece, Doric columns are the simplest
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drypoint
Definition
a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
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empiricism
Definition
The search for knowledge based on observation and direct experience
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Enlightenment
Definition
a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
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etching
Definition
the act or process of making designs or pictures on a metal plate, glass, etc., by the corrosive action of an acid instead of by a burin.
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Expressionism
Definition
a manner of painting, drawing, sculpting, etc., in which forms derived from nature are distorted or exaggerated and colors are intensified for emotive or expressive purposes.
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façade
Definition
the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one.
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Fauvism
Definition
any of a group of French artists of the early 20th century whose works are characterized chiefly by the use of vivid colors in immediate juxtaposition and contours usually in marked contrast to the color of the area defined.
Term
fête galante
Definition
representation, in art, of elegantly dressed groups at play in a rural or parklike setting.
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fleur-de-lis
Definition
the heraldic bearing of the royal family of France.
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Fluxus
Definition
a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s.
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foreshortening
Definition
to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
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form
Definition
an objects shape and structure either in 2D or 3D
Term
formalism
Definition
strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
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fresco
Definition
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
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fresco secco
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the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster.
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Futurism
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a style of the fine arts developed originally by a group of Italian artists about 1910 in which forms derived chiefly from cubism were used to represent rapid movement and dynamic motion.
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genre
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paintings in which scenes of everyday life form the subject matter.
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glaze
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to cover (a painted surface or parts of it) with a thin layer of transparent color in order to modify the tone.
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Grand Manner
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refers to an idealized aesthetic style derived from classical art, and the modern "classic art" of the High Renaissance. In the eighteenth century, British artists and connoisseurs used the term to describe paintings that incorporated visual metaphors in order to suggest noble qualities
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grisaille
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monochromatic painting in shades of gray.
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guild
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an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
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Happenings
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Term coined by american artist alan kaprow in the 60 to describe loosely structured performances whose creators were trying to suggest the aesthetic and dynamic qualities of everyday life
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humanism
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a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.
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illusionism
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a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
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impasto
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the laying on of paint thickly.
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Impressionism
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a style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of bright colors in immediate juxtaposition to represent the effect of light on objects.
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installation
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an artwork that creates an artistic environment in a room or gallery
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ionic
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The Ionic order (Greek: Ιωνικός ρυθμός) forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architectur
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landscape
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the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
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lithograph
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a print produced by lithography.
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Mannerism
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a style in the fine arts developed principally in Europe during the 16th century, chiefly characterized by a complex perspectival system, elongation of forms, strained gestures or poses of figures, and intense, often strident color.
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mass
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Catholic and Orthdox ritual that stuff
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memento mori
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an object, as a skull, serving as a reminder of death or mortality.
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Minimalism
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a chiefly American style in painting and sculpture that developed in the 1960s largely in reaction against abstract expressionism, shunning illusion, decorativeness, and emotional subjectivity in favor of impersonality, simplification of form, and the use of often massive, industrially produced materials for sculpture, and extended its influence to architecture, design, dance, theater, and music.
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Modernism
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A movement in western art that developed in the second half of the 1800s and sought to capture the images and sensibilities of the age.
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Mural
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a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
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Neoclassicism
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style of art and architecture that emerged in the late 18th as part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures.
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Neoplasticism
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the theory and practice of the de Stijl group, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
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Neue Sachlichkeit
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Movement in German painting of the 1920s and early 1930s reflecting the cynicism and resignation of the post-World War I period. The term was coined in 1925 by Gustav Hartlaub, director of the Mannheim Kunsthalle, for an exhibition including works by George Grosz, Otto Dix, and Max Beckmann, the movement's leading exponents. They worked in a realistic style, as opposed to the prevailing styles of abstraction and Expressionism, using meticulous detail to portray evil in smooth, cold, and static images derived from Italian Metaphysical painting for the purpose of violent social satire. The movement ended in the 1930s with the rise of Nazism.
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oculus
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a circular opening, especially one at the apex of a dome.
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oil painting
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the art or technique of painting with oil colors.
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order
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classical architecture a style represented by a characteristic design of the columns and entablature
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palette knife
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a thin blade of varying flexibility set in a handle and used for mixing colors or applying them to a canvas.
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perspective
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a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
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pilaster
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a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
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plane
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a flat surface
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plein air
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quality of light and atmosphere out of doors, especially this quality as rendered in painting.
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pointillism
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a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
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Pop art
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an art movement that began in the U.S. in the 1950s and reached its peak of activity in the 1960s, chose as its subject matter the anonymous, everyday, standardized, and banal iconography in American life, as comic strips, billboards, commercial products, and celebrity images, and dealt with them typically in such forms as outsize commercially smooth paintings, mechanically reproduced silkscreens, large-scale facsimiles, and soft sculptures.
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Post-Impressionism
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a varied development of Impressionism by a group of painters chiefly between 1880 and 1900 stressing formal structure, as with Cézanne and Seurat, or the expressive possibilities of form and color, as with Van Gogh and Gauguin.
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postmodernism
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any of a number of trends or movements in the arts and literature developing in the 1970s in reaction to or rejection of the dogma, principles, or practices of established modernism, especially a movement in architecture and the decorative arts running counter to the practice and influence of the International Style and encouraging the use of elements from historical vernacular styles and often playful illusion, decoration, and complexity.
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primitivism
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a recurrent theory or belief, as in philosophy or art, that the qualities of primitive or chronologically early cultures are superior to those of contemporary civilization.
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proportion
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comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.; ratio.
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Realism
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treatment of forms, colors, space, etc., in such a manner as to emphasize their correspondence to actuality or to ordinary visual experience. Compare idealism ( def 4 ) , naturalism ( def 2 ) .
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Rococo
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noting or pertaining to a style of painting developed simultaneously with the rococo in architecture and decoration, characterized chiefly by smallness of scale, delicacy of color, freedom of brushwork, and the selection of playful subjects as thematic material.
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Romanticism
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the Romantic style or movement in literature and art, or adherence to its principles ( contrasted with classicism ).
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Rubéniste
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member of the french royal academy of painting and sculpture
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sfumato
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italian smoky a smokelike haziness that subtly softens outlines in painting
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site-specific art
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is artwork created to exist in a certain place
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still life
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a representation chiefly of inanimate objects, as a painting of a bowl of fruit.
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style
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a distinctive artistic manner.
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tempera
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technique of painting in which an emulsion consisting of water and pure egg yolk or a mixture of egg and oil is used as a binder or medium, characterized by its lean film-forming properties and rapid drying rate.
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tondo
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a round painting or relief.
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transept
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any major transverse part of the body of a church, usually crossing the nave, at right angles, at the entrance to the choir.
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trefoil
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a cloverlike ornament or symbol with stylized leaves in a group of three
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vanishing point
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a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
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woodcut
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a carved block of wood from which prints are made.
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